Some Unusual Celebrations Some holidays are we
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Some Unusual Celebrations
Some holidays are well - known allaround the world. Among them are New Years Eve Celebrations. Also days arecommon in honor of love and friendship, like Valentine&39;s Day. Each country hasits own special holidays too, to mark important events in its history.
Schools, banks, and government officesall close on days like these.______(46)A few of them are really very strange.
Of course, they are not strange to thepeople who celebrate them. Perhaps that is because the celebrations have longtraditions. Consider April Fool&39;s Day, for example. No one knows when or why itbegan. Today it is celebrated in many countries—France, England, and Australia,etc. On this day, people play practical jokes.______(47)The ones who laugh arethe ones playing the jokes. The people they fool often get angry. Doescelebrating this day make sense to you?
Dyngus Day in Poland seems strange,too. On this day, it is traditional for boys to pour water over the heads ofgirls. Here is the strangest part: they do it to girls they like.
Other unusual celebrations take placein a single city or town. A holiday called La Toma-tina is celebrated in Bunol,Spain. Every year, in late August, big trucks carry more than 200,000 pounds oftomatoes into this little town.______(48)For two hours, people in the streetsthrow tomatoes at each other. Everyone ends up red from head to toe.
August 10 marks the start of the PuckFair, an Irish festival with a very unusual tradition.
People from the town of Killorglin goup into the mountains and. catch a wild goat. ______(49)
There are also some celebrations thatare really strange. In the United States, sometimes one person gets an idea fora new holiday and tries to get others to accept it. Whose idea was PublicSleeping Day? That one is on February 28. It may seem strange, but it soundslike more fun than the one on February 9.______(50)
Do you like the idea of inventing anew holiday? If you do, then you will want to mark March 26 on your calendar.That is Make Up Your Own Holiday Day.
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A. They bring him back to town, put a crown on hishead, and make him king for three days.B. Some of the days people celebrate, however, areless serious.C. That is supposed to be Toothache Day.D. Then begins the world&39;s biggest food fight.E. Some people have fun imagining new holidays.F. Jokes are supposed to be funny, but these jokesdo not make everyone laugh.
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A. They bring him back to town, put a crown on hishead, and make him king for three days.B. Some of the days people celebrate, however, areless serious.C. That is supposed to be Toothache Day.D. Then begins the world&39;s biggest food fight.E. Some people have fun imagining new holidays.F. Jokes are supposed to be funny, but these jokesdo not make everyone laugh.
(48)
A. They bring him back to town, put a crown on hishead, and make him king for three days.B. Some of the days people celebrate, however, areless serious.C. That is supposed to be Toothache Day.D. Then begins the world&39;s biggest food fight.E. Some people have fun imagining new holidays.F. Jokes are supposed to be funny, but these jokesdo not make everyone laugh.
(49)
A. They bring him back to town, put a crown on hishead, and make him king for three days.B. Some of the days people celebrate, however, areless serious.C. That is supposed to be Toothache Day.D. Then begins the world&39;s biggest food fight.E. Some people have fun imagining new holidays.F. Jokes are supposed to be funny, but these jokesdo not make everyone laugh.
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A. They bring him back to town, put a crown on hishead, and make him king for three days.B. Some of the days people celebrate, however, areless serious.C. That is supposed to be Toothache Day.D. Then begins the world&39;s biggest food fight.E. Some people have fun imagining new holidays.F. Jokes are supposed to be funny, but these jokesdo not make everyone laugh.请帮忙给出每个问题的正确答案和分析,谢谢!
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问题 1 答案解析:
B ;本题有一定难度,但因为各个选项差异较大,还是比较容易确定答案,可采用代入法,可以发现B代人原文中,最符合上下文逻辑,是答案。
问题 2 答案解析:
F ;本题难度也不大,看完文章后,快速浏览选项。只有F项一开始就明确提到了jokes,把F代入到原文中,符合上下文逻辑,所以是答案。
问题 3 答案解析:
D ;本段提到了西红柿节,与食物有关,只有提到了食物,把D代入到原文中。符合上下文逻辑,是答案。
问题 4 答案解析:
A ;本题有一定难度,文章此处讨论的是爱尔兰一个奇怪的节日,山羊节,回来看选项,只有A符合上下文逻辑,是答案。
问题 5 答案解析:
C ;本题有一定难度,根据上下文逻辑,此处讨论的是美国的奇怪节日,回来看剩余的选项,只有C符合上下文逻辑,是答案。